Good day. The Driscolls continue lead the programme tonight. Ollie is working on a new menu which might even see the end of Betty's HotPot until Eva realises that the heavens would fall in and the entire local population would boycott the Rovers. Ollie wants quinoa (see I can spell it, can't pronounce it though) on the menu - more suited to the Bistro to my mind). Anyway Will gets dumped by girlfriend Megan who brings him back from Leeds where they had spent the night together. Megan the best trainer going apparently is then invited to share bread at the Driscoll tasting menu test in the back room. Later Eva and Maggie have convinced her to travel from Hull two days a week (104 miles and 2 hrs 13 minutes each way as we heard repeatedly) to continue training Will. All that driving will leave her very tired! Susie's view of the five spice chicken is that has five too many spices.
In contrast timid Tim is checking Trish's socials and it is hardly surprising that Sal is not amused. Tim still insists he was not groomed which is in sharp contrast to the controlling language Megan uses on Will who has been groomed. More seriously Tim and Sal did not tell Brody about Lou having a day in court - which is revealed when Kit asks Brody why he is not in court. Brody kicks off - just as the social worker brings the errant Joanie back to the Street. There is an entire missing story here - what made Joanie so nasty to Shanice and what has changed to consider her safe to return? Has she been re-programmed or are they so fed up with her that returning her to the same environment and triggers is the right thing to do? Poorly done. Brody gets summoned to see Kit at Speed Dahl who asks Brody if he can work out why Tim and Sal did not tell him about Lou (who got an extra 4 months for beating the living daylights out of her former cell mate {and I thought Mick was the violent one}) - which Brody does realising that Tim and Sal were seeking to protect him. When Brody gets back to Tim and Sally he shows he is growing up and apologises. Sally reminds him they are just keeping her promise to Lou. Brody answers that they are not used to someone caring and then thanks them. Tim does not need telling off by Sal for looking at Trish's pictures.
Theo is fed up with sitting in the flat all day as all the little jobs he has been doing for Carla and others are all done and he is bored. So when Todd and George come into the Rovers for a quick one before a super busy day tomorrow he is happy to join them. Gary has picked up some work from Pete (with whom Theo had a one-night stand) but Todd is just not willing to contemplate Theo and Pete working together again; Theo is not amused at not having any work. George departs and Theo talks Todd into another one, or twenty and Todd is only able to snuggle down on the sofa at home. George has texted to say he will phone Todd in the morning to ensure he is on his way into work very early. Theo sees it and simply turns the charger off at the mains. No phone calls will disturb Sleeping
Shona is entirely happy to tell the world that they are having a daughter. David seems far less keen. Lauren offers them some of Frankie's old clothes. Shona reminds us that she is a good friend of Eva's. Shona is having the baby and David needs to adjust to that conclusion. Later in the salon there is a reminder by Leanne of Oliver and that men can never really understand but that they need to support their partners. Shona accepts that David needs to talk - he is feeling useless and that he can do nothing. Shona has decided to take all the supplements she can so she is as healthy as possible.
Kev is not keen on, well anything, including getting up and opening the garage. Ty pops around to get him up and to tell him he is coming back to work to do the office stuff (the office is up some steps as I recall). Ty puts the guilt trip on Kev and they have laid Brody off as he was useless. They talk but Kev initially goes back to bed. Kev finds Ty at the garage and the latter reminds him that they have a good partnership looking out for each other but at the moment he does not know where Kev is. Much later in the Rovers Kev apologises. Ty tells him he wants to help. Kev tells him that his family is more important and anyway he has to go.
Megan and Will are really looking forward to their training session next week it seems as the outcome suits everyone.
Both writers had some cracking double entendres. Megan was asked how Will was performing and she said she had no complaints. Later Ben agreed that Will had come on leaps and bounds since he came under Megan. Clever writing and neatly delivered. Alongside this Maggie and Eva constantly trade jibes and yet when the chips are down they are on the same side. Again very clever.
Written by Simon Crowther and Chris Fewtrell. Directed by Gill Wilkinson.
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